2018-02-15T22:02:33.000000000+00:00
Marvel’s most prominent black superhero hasn’t always been one of its superstars. But the Afrofuturist, anti-imperialist worldview the series espouses makes it perfect for the moment.

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Fox News

2018-02-18T04:30:00.000000000+00:00
The recent federal indictments charging that Russians meddled in U.S. elections since 2014 proves that the Obama administration “failed to act” or at the very least recognize such intelligence, Republicans are saying.

2018-02-18T02:47:00.000000000+00:00
In an attempt to spread awareness about Wednesday’s school shooting in Florida, an activist group parked three trucks with political billboards outside Sen. Marco Rubio’s office.

2018-02-17T23:15:00.000000000+00:00
Just hours after announcing plans to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah, former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney took the stage Friday night in Provo to draw attention to a matter clear across the country: this week's massacre in Florida.

2018-02-17T21:47:00.000000000+00:00
President Trump pushed back Saturday against coverage by what he called the “Fake News Media” on revelations about Russian meddling in the 2016 election -- saying the meddling began well before he ran for office and citing a Facebook official who said swaying the election was not Russia’s main go...

2018-02-17T21:44:00.000000000+00:00
Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his legal team say they have uncovered additional “bank fraud” and other “criminal conduct” by former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, according to court documents obtained by Fox News.

2018-02-17T19:49:00.000000000+00:00
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is brushing off reports that Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker is reconsidering retirement -- saying that she intends to run for the seat regardless and promises that she will win in November.

2018-02-17T13:09:00.000000000+00:00
H.R. McMaster, the national security adviser to President Trump, reportedly said Saturday that the new FBI indictments show indisputably that Russian meddled in U.S. elections.

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NY Times

2018-02-18T04:45:07.000000000+00:00
President Trump depicted indictments charging Russians with interfering in America’s politics as a vindication for himself rather than a threat to the United States.

2018-02-18T00:03:55.000000000+00:00
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster accused Moscow of engaging in “disinformation, subversion and espionage.” The comments highlighted a sharp division in the White House on how to talk about Russia’s actions.

2018-02-17T22:02:04.000000000+00:00
Asked whether she believed teachers should be allowed and trained to carry weapons, Betsy DeVos said only that it was “an important issue for all states to grapple with and to tackle.”

2018-02-17T20:36:18.000000000+00:00
In an interview, Senator Mitch McConnell said that Mitt Romney’s Senate run was an illustration of Republicans’ improving fortunes entering a challenging midterm campaign.

2018-02-16T18:13:00.000000000+00:00
The FBI said that a tip it received about accused Florida shooter Nikolas Cruz should have caused him to be assessed as a threat, but proper protocols were not followed.

2018-02-17T06:00:00.000000000-05:00
The shrugs that have met credible recent allegations of affairs by Donald Trump force a reconsideration of the post-Bill Clinton narrative about voter morality and politicians’ sense of shame.

2018-02-16T17:36:33.000000000-05:00
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for allegedly interfering in the 2016 presidential election.

2018-02-16T15:30:36.000000000-05:00
The special counsel detailed how a Russian effort to widen divisions in American society launched in 2014 morphed into active support for the candidacy of Donald Trump.

2018-02-16T14:30:51.000000000-05:00
The special counsel indicted the Russian nationals and three Russian entities for allegedly interfering in the 2016 presidential election, the Department of Justice announced Friday.

2018-02-16T08:58:30.000000000-05:00
The former Republican presidential nominee extolled his adoptive state’s values as a better option for his party, and his country, as he announced his bid for Senate.

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Yahoo! News

2018-02-17T17:38:03.000000000-05:00
Thousands of angry students, parents and residents demanded stricter gun control laws Saturday as new details were revealed about the suspect accused of shooting and killed 17 people in a Florida high school.

2018-02-16T17:19:38.000000000-05:00
The Federal Bureau of Investigation admits that is did not adequately pursue a lead regarding Nikolas Cruz's potential for violence before the Parkland school shooting.

2018-02-16T16:43:26.000000000-05:00
Veteran photographer Gordon Donovan, Yahoo's Photo Editor, has returned from the huge open spaces of Namibia with some searingly candid images of great cats, pachyderms, zebra and giraffes on their home turf.

2018-02-16T16:32:22.000000000-05:00
The White House declared that the latest charges from the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election proved there was “NO COLLUSION” between President Trump’s campaign and Moscow-tied operatives.

2018-02-16T14:10:48.000000000-05:00
The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges on Friday against 13 Russians and three Russian entities for allegedly carrying out an elaborate plot to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

2018-02-16T11:23:02.000000000-05:00
For nearly 60,000 Haitians refugees in the U.S., protected status will end on July 22, 2019. But the conditions that drove them out of their country still exist. Women in particular are at risk from endemic sexual exploitation and violence. Here's the story of one of these women.

2018-02-16T08:54:18.000000000-05:00
In the latest episode of "Skullduggery," the Yahoo News podcast with Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, a former FEC lawyer panned President Trump's attorney Michael Cohen's statement about facilitating a payment to porn star Stormy Daniels during the campaign.

2018-02-15T22:38:00.000000000-05:00
From Governor Rick Scott's suggestion that guns should be kept from the mentally ill to a Florida vigil where chants of "no more guns" erupted, there are signs America may be ready for action.

2018-02-15T14:29:35.000000000-05:00
After the school shooting in Florida, President Trump emphasized the importance of mental health. But one of his first actions in the White House was to reverse Barack Obama's recommendation for a new regulation that would prevent people with severe mental health illnesses from purchasing guns.

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Time

2018-02-17T14:28:16.000000000+00:00
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has consistently pushed back against the idea of Russia meddling in the election that put him in power, dismissing that claim as a hoax and an affront to the legitimacy of his victory. Now, in a 37-page indictment Friday, special counsel Robert Muller has lai...

2018-02-16T20:07:46.000000000+00:00
(WASHINGTON) — A California man has pleaded guilty to unwittingly selling bank accounts to Russians meddling in the US elections. Richard Pinedo of Santa Paula pleaded guilty earlier this month to using stolen identities to set up bank accounts that were then used by the Russians. A Justice Depar...

2018-02-16T19:00:35.000000000+00:00
Security staffers for Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt recommended that he fly first class after several encounters with irate passengers, according to a report in Politico. “He was approached in the airport numerous times, to the point of profanities being yelled at him and so f...

2018-02-16T17:56:19.000000000+00:00
In the aftermath of a Florida school shooting, gun control advocates and others have repeatedly brought up the financial contributions from the National Rifle Association to criticize lawmakers for their inaction. But while the NRA is a major player in campaign finance, experts say the group’s re...

2018-02-16T16:53:40.000000000+00:00
A former Playboy model kept handwritten notes about an alleged nine-month affair with President Donald Trump that began in 2006 which outline a series of subterfuges used to conceal it, according to the New Yorker. A story published Friday morning says that the notes show how Trump, who at that p...

2018-02-15T22:12:17.000000000+00:00
After months of shuffling its feet and weeks of rancorous bipartisan bickering, the U.S. Senate failed to meet its self-imposed deadline on Thursday to pass a law protecting the several million immigrants who arrived in the country unlawfully as children. The fate of these immigrants, known as Dr...

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Washington Times

2018-02-17T22:54:16.000000000-05:00
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) - Pressure is growing for tougher gun-control laws after a mass shooting at a Florida high school, with thousands of angry protesters at state rallies demanding immediate action from lawmakers, and more demonstrations planned across the country in the weeks ahead. Organizers b...

2018-02-17T18:39:20.000000000-05:00
LOS ANGELES (AP) - LeBron James says he will not stick to sports. The Cleveland Cavaliers superstar reiterated his determination to speak out on social issues and the nation's political climate Saturday during his media availability for the NBA All-Star Game. "I will not just shut up and dribble,...

2018-02-17T18:26:15.000000000-05:00
The mass shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead has sparked calls for walkouts, sit-ins and other actions on school campuses across the United States aimed at pushing lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws. Organizers behind the Women's March, an anti-Trump and female empowerment ...

2018-02-17T17:36:08.000000000-05:00
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A new report details anonymous accounts of sexual harassment between male state lawmakers or male lobbyists and women working in Maryland's Statehouse. The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that the Maryland Women's Caucus compiled the list of encounters. It offers an anonymous...

2018-02-17T14:49:46.000000000-05:00
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's trip to the Super Bowl as a guest of a Minneapolis utility included free invitations to a rock concert, private parties, meals and other events, The Associated Press found through an open records request. Burgum spokesman Mike Nowatzki said Sa...

2018-02-17T14:34:31.000000000-05:00
The Christopher Steele dossier allegation that an “extensive conspiracy” existed between the Donald Trump campaign and the Kremlin wasn’t borne out in the special counsel’s first charges of Russian election interference. Special Counsel Robert Mueller brought a grand jury indictment against 13 Ru...

2018-02-17T13:48:34.000000000-05:00
Andrew Oswalt, an Oregon State University PhD candidate facing charges for allegedly placing racist bumper stickers on the cars of local activists, is slated to be booted from the school's student government, resolving weeks of uproar spurred by a controversial profile published in the campus new...

2018-02-17T13:02:24.000000000-05:00
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Stunned by a horrific shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead, the state Legislature is grappling with what to do in the aftermath. Lawmakers have just three weeks left in their annual 60-day session and normally are trying to wrap up work ...

2018-02-17T12:23:33.000000000-05:00
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says he's taking steps to end harassment or abuse at the statehouse and in his political operation, after a former staff member said party officials were too slow to act. In a letter to Democratic caucus members Friday, Madigan says "We haven'...

2018-02-17T10:21:22.000000000-05:00
NEW YORK (AP) - Filmmaker Stanley Nelson knew he wanted to tell a story about the nation's historically black colleges and universities - not just about individual HBCUs, many of which have their own celebrated histories, but about what they collectively have meant to black people. And in making ...

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CBSNews

2018-02-18T01:41:25.000000000+00:00
At last count over 40 Republicans have announced they will not run for re-election this year. On Face the Nation, Nancy Cordes spoke with Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent on Pennsylvania, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida and U.S. Rep. Ed Royce of California about immigra...

2018-02-18T00:29:44.000000000+00:00
Special counsel Robert Mueller has charged more than a dozen Russian nationals with breaking U.S. laws to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. These are the first criminal charges against Russians related to the 2016 presidential election. CBS News justice reporter Paula Reid reports.

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San Jose Mercury

2016-09-06T18:09:00.000000000-07:00
Two years after a teenager hopped the airport's perimeter fence and sneaked into the wheel well of a Hawaii-bound jet, Mineta San Jose International finished installing higher fencing topped with barbed wire and could soon install more security cameras.

2016-09-06T17:33:41.000000000-07:00
An east San Jose shopping center with a controversial past is at the center of a new dispute between a powerful landowner and business tenants who fear his expansion plans will aggravate traffic, parking and crime in one of the city's most crowded corners.

2016-09-06T16:46:50.000000000-07:00
Hillary Clinton will return to the Bay Area Monday for a concert fundraiser headlined by k.d. lang and Lizz Wright in San Francisco. Ticket prices range from $250 to $50,000.

2016-09-06T14:41:40.000000000-07:00
The amateur lobbyists of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges saw big success in this year's legislative session, with five of the seven bills the students championed on their way to the governor's desk or awaiting his signature. Their achievement is even more remarkable consideri...

2016-09-05T09:43:44.000000000-07:00
Hillary Clinton is traveling Monday aboard a new Boeing 737 campaign plane for the first time.Clinton was flying to Labor Day events in Ohio and Illinois in a blue-and-white campaign plane with her press corps.

2016-09-05T08:48:16.000000000-07:00
While the state's newly released 2016 scores show small improvements overall compared to last year's results, one largely overlooked gap persists: In virtually every major school district in the state, boys continue to score lower than girls in English.

2016-09-05T06:26:54.000000000-07:00
Californians with Medicare coverage would no longer be surprised by huge medical bills stemming from hospital 'observation care' under legislation that state lawmakers recently approved overwhelmingly and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown to sign into law.

2016-09-03T16:04:13.000000000-07:00
K12 Inc. wasn't pleased when it learned in June that California's top education official had enlisted the state's highest-ranking accountant to conduct a sweeping audit of its profitable but low-performing network of online schools.

2018-02-17T18:46:21.000000000-05:00
More than 100 people called for action on gun control Friday night outside the National Rifle Association's offices in Fairfax, Va., following this week's mass shooting at a school in Florida.

2018-02-17T13:57:00.000000000-05:00
Chief of staff John Kelly announces a tightened security clearance process that will require the FBI to hand-deliver all background investigations on senior personnel.